Settlement of Oil Workers Pay Could Shape Reconversion
Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach moved oil workers wage talks to Washington to set a reconversion pattern. The dispute pits a 30 percent demand against a 15 percent offer, with 1.5 million affected by New York elevator strikes and losses over 1 million dollars daily.
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Lewis Schwellenbach
Washington, D. C
CIO
Schnellenbach
Chicago
Ill
AFL
New York
War Labor Board
Credit controls eased on renovations and non essentials
The government removed all credit controls on building renovation and eased loans for services or non essential purchases. The 12 month credit for washing machines to furniture remains unchanged. Finance groups say restrictions hurt low income classes while OPA fears price increases.
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OPA
Argentina Under Martial Rule After Failed Coup
Argentina remains under a state of siege as President Edelmiro Farrell, backed by Col. Juan Peron, extends military rule and suspends constitutional guarantees. Leaders across economic, political, and labor sectors are rounded up following a doomed attempt to overthrow the regime, amid protests from democratic elements demanding liberalization.
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South America
Argentina
Pres
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Farrell
Farrell-Peron
Jobless Benefits Shelved By House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee blocked a Senate bill to extend unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, jeopardizing President Roosevelt’s jobless aid program. The Senate had approved a measure to fund the extension but the House rejected it, drawing swift labor opposition from AFL head William Green and CIO leader Philip Murray who urged a counter campaign.
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House Ways and Means
Senate
House
Truman
Labor
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Political Action Committee
Army seeks missing personnel in battlefield search teams
Army search teams comb the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific for personnel listed as missing. Each team consists of five soldiers including a linguist and is assigned about one and half square miles. Information on missing personnel is consolidated in a speed investigation.
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Europe
Pacific
Postwar oil pact and military notes shape global order
The United States and Britain draft a London pact for advisory control of overseas oil operations, with senate ratification pending. Meantime, OPA lifts many meat point requirements in October to aid supplies, and Henry Ford II assumes the Ford Motor presidency. Patton and Eisenhower clash over denazification strategies as Indo China unrest grows, while Annamite rebels oppose a French return with Japan aiding Allied stabilization efforts.
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U. S
Britain
London
Ickes
Shinwell
Husky
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Henry the II
Ford
Chevrolet
Edsel
Patton
Eisenhower
3Rd Army
Bavarian
Germany
Reich
Indo-China
Health Aid Expands Hospitals in Peru and Bolivia
Remote regions of the Amazon in Peru and Bolivia gain modern health measures. Malaria and tropical diseases lessen as hospitals and medical services are established by U S and South American nations through the Institute of Inter-American Affairs.
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Amazon
Peru
Bolivia
U. S
Institute of Inter-American Affairs
U. S. Inventors Still Hold Lead
Washington reports that American inventors remain premier in war and peace, with leaders like Lawrence and Norden shaping radar and bombsight progress. The piece credits U S innovation for the atomic bomb, radar, and DDT while noting German setbacks and wartime advances.
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America
Albert Hoyt Taylor
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Leo C. Young
Potomac River
U. S
Carl L. Norden
Norden
Japan estimates loss of shipping in war at five million tons
In Yokohama the Nippon Times reports Japan lost more than five million tons of shipping during the war. The article cites a total current shipping tonnage of 285000 tons across 747 vessels, plus ships under repair or stranded at sea, as a decisive factor in Japan's defeat.
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Yokohama
Japan
Nippon Times
Britain Had Midget Fleet Ready for Japs
London reports the British army prepared 2000 midget ships to propel Pacific operations once Japan surrendered. The fleet included small tankers armored landing craft and water ambulance launches as the core of the army water transport plan.
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Britain
London
Pacific
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